15/07/2020
***Economic Impact of Covid-19***
The world has already changed. The impact has already happened, now is the time to salvage what can be salvaged.
This is a bitter truth we need to speak to the leaderships, the governments, come together to start rebuilding what we can in the world. We are on the brink of economic disaster which is unprecedented in modern times. Do not equate this as a fight of Health vs Economics, economics itself is health for employees, suppliers of millions of businesses around the world. We are between rock & a hard place - there is no getting away from one or the other. We closed off - healthy, flourishing - 6 businesses in the last 4 months to retrench about 30+ employees, could not generate business or pay 12 of our suppliers, could not find enough working capital to start recovery on our core business. This image of our beloved Restaurant - Tequila Town six months apart is coming near you every week. This is not just a matter of economics, it is a matter of equal amounts of livelihoods, education, housing etc. for millions who have been ignored on discussions of these impacts around the world.
Would the leadership have the backbone to address this? We have moved on, but we find it our moral obligation to fight for those who can be saved. Save them, talk, work out solutions. Many know nothing else, this is all they have. They deserve your care. From public, citizens & governments.
We are a strong team & walking on new paths & facing new challenges. We'll be back, bigger, stronger, fiercer.
